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Full name | Markus Zberg | ||||||||||||||
Born | Switzerland | June 27, 1974||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
Role | Retired | ||||||||||||||
Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||
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1996 | Carrera Jeans–Tassoni | ||||||||||||||
1997 | Mercatone Uno | ||||||||||||||
1998 | Post Swiss Team | ||||||||||||||
1999–2002 | Rabobank | ||||||||||||||
2003–2008 | Gerolsteiner | ||||||||||||||
2009 | BMC Racing Team | ||||||||||||||
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Markus Zberg (born June 27, 1974 in Altdorf, Uri) is a retired Swiss professional road bicycle racer; he is the younger brother of Beat Zberg. Zberg retired after a severe fall in the Tour de l'Ain. [1] He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 2000 and 2008. [2]
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